Business Card Sizes
The standard size for business cards here in the US is 3 ½” x 2”. In addition to the US standard size, Little Guy Press also offers ⅛” and ¼” rounded corners as well as oval shaped business cards as shown below. If you need a specialty cut card that is not shown below, we can still provide this for you. Just give us a call and we will work with you to provide exactly what you’re looking for.
Business Card Orientation
Business Cards can be set up in a portrait or landscape layout.
See below for a sample of each orientation choice.
14 pt. White Cover
16 pt. White Cover
18 pt. White Cover
Aqueous
UV
Spot UV
Satin
Matt
Akuafoil
Brown Craft Cards
Foil Worx
Luster Cards
Painted Edge Cards
Pearl Cards
Platinum Pearl Cards
Raised Foil
Raised Spot UV
Silk Cards
Suede Cards
80# Finch Fine Cover
100# Finch Fine Cover
10pt C1S and C2S Cover
12pt C1S and C2S Cover
Astrolite 120# Smooth
Astrolite 100# Smooth
Classic Crest 80# Cream
Classic Crest 100# Natural
Finch 80# Opaque Smooth
Finch 100# Opaque Smooth
Kromekoteplus 10pt C1S
Kromekoteplus 10pt C2S
Kromekoteplus 12pt C1S
Kromekoteplus 12pt C2S
Mohawk 80# 50/10
Neenah Environment 80#
Strathmore 80# Cover
Via Neutrals 80# Natural
Via Neutrals 100#
Cougar Opaque 100# Cover
Classic Crest Solar White 130#
Bright White
Pastel Natural
Pastel Yellow
Pastel Peach
Pastel Gray
Pastel Ivory
Select Fiber Rose
Select Fiber Grey
Select Fiber Cream
Select Fiber Frost
Linen Gray
Linen Mauve
Linen Blue
Linen Ivory
Linen Natural
Linen White
Laid Natural
Laid Heather Green
Classic Laid Tan
Laid Grey
Laid Ivory
Laid White
Strathmore Soft Gray Wove
Strathmore Natural Wove
Strathmore Ivory Wove
Strathmore White Wove
Strathmore Ultra White Wove
Kromekote
Silver Metallic
Neon Radiant Red
Neon Solar Yellow
Astroparch Sand
Woodgrain
100# White
100% Recycled 80# White
100% Recycled 100# White
50% Recycled Royal Marble Green
50% Recycled Royal Marble Blue
100% Environmental Burlap
55% Recycled Classic Linen Augusta Green
30% Recycled Periwinkle
Classic Linen Whitestone
Non-Bleeds vs Full Bleeds
The term “Bleeds” means that there will be printing on your business cards all the way to the trim of the card. If you are supplying us with “print ready artwork” and you want to have your business card bleed, please be sure to make your card ⅛” larger on all sides with your image extending an extra ⅛” beyond the trim as well. See samples below.
Raised Printing
Raised Printing is a great way to add a distinction of class to your business cards. If you are considering having raised printing on your business cards, Little Guy Press supplies a wide range of raised printing options for you to choose from, but there are also some perimeters that must be kept in mind. All raised printing can only be used for solid color vector images and type, but cannot be used for any continuous tone images. As a rule, continuous tone images are halftones, duotones, and most 4 Color Process images. See below for an example of continuous tone images vs vector images. If you aren’t sure about the difference or what you have for artwork, just send it to us. We are happy to help you with that at no extra charge.
Standard Ink Color Options for Business Cards with raised printing:

Plastic Business Cards
* All plastic Business Cards are available with or without rounded corners.
Styles: 20 pt. Clear 2 ½ x 2 ½ Black 20 pt. Frosted 3 ½ x 2 4 Color 20 pt. white 3 ½ x 2 Oval
Foil Stamping & Blind Embossing
Foil Colors include:
Gold, Copper, Green, Silver, Red & Blue
Business Card Coatings
Aqueous Coating
UV Coating
Spot UV Coating
Standard Order Quantities for all Business Cards
500, 1000, 2,500, 5,000, 10,000